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Public schools preparing for wave of students returning to classrooms

Public schools here are bracing for several thousand additional students who will be moving from online to in-school ...

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Second major island beach repair project put on hold

Repairs to dunes and replacement of storm-eroded sand along north island beaches, initially slated to begin in November, ...

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Grace Rehab, once top rated, now run by former director of troubled facility

One of the county’s top-rated nursing homes, Grace Rehabilitation Center, has been renamed Orchid Cove. It is apparently ...

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Proposed Vero auto museum excites local car collectors

Automobile enthusiasts on the barrier island are watching with great interest plans to open a classic car museum ...

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The Vero Beach Bridge Club’s ‘new normal’

Signs of the pandemic in Florida started cropping up in March, though slightly later in Vero Beach than ...

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Will the return of snowbirds boost COVID-19 rate?

Having more than 100 new COVID-19 cases each week is becoming the new normal for Indian River County ...

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Snowbirds returning to island earlier this year

The first of the season’s snowbirds are returning to Vero’s barrier island earlier than normal, and all signs ...

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Study of county’s high infant mortality rate enters its final phase

A $60,000 study into Indian River County’s historically high infant mortality rate is entering its final phase, just ...

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Vero to modify new sand screens after beachgoers protest missing ocean view

Indian River County seems to have put a little bit too much sand on island beaches – or ...

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Diverse group of city and county residents applied for Vero’s Three Corners Steering Committee

NEWS ANALYSIS — Vero Beach City Council members removed themselves from the city’s Three Corners Steering Committee last ...

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Supervisor of Elections: ‘We’ve never had this many mail-in ballots before, not ever’

With the presidency to be decided during the COVID-19 pandemic, a record number of county residents are expected ...

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COVID-19 cases pop up at Vero Beach High School and at Liberty Magnet

Two students at Vero Beach High School and a student at Liberty Magnet School tested positive for COVID-19 ...